# 322 BC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/322_BC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/322_BC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/322_BC > Source revision: 1316405653 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Year **322 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Curvus** (or, less frequently, **year 432 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 322 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. ## Events ### By place #### Greece - Spring/summer – The [Macedonian](/source/Macedon) admiral [Cleitus the White](/source/Cleitus_the_White) defeats the [Athenian](/source/Classical_Athens) navy at the [Battle of the Echinades](/source/Battle_of_the_Echinades_(322_BC)) and the [Battle of Amorgos](/source/Battle_of_Amorgos), ending Athenian [thalassocracy](/source/Thalassocracy) in the Aegean. - The Athenians and their allies' siege of the Macedonian ruler, [Antipater](/source/Antipater), in [Lamia](/source/Lamia_(city)) is relieved by [Leonnatus](/source/Leonnatus) with an army of 20,000 infantry and 1,500 cavalry. Leonnatus is killed in the action. - [September 5](/source/September_5) – [Craterus](/source/Craterus) arrives to defeat the Athenians in the [Battle of Crannon](/source/Battle_of_Crannon). This battle marks a complete victory for Antipater in the [Lamian War](/source/Lamian_War). - The Athenian orator and diplomat, [Demades](/source/Demades), regains his citizenship so that he and [Phocion](/source/Phocion) can negotiate a peace with Antipater, thus concluding the [Lamian War](/source/Lamian_War). Before setting out he persuades the citizens of Athens to pass the death sentence upon [Demosthenes](/source/Demosthenes) and his followers (including [Hypereides](/source/Hypereides), leader of the Athenian patriotic party). Demades' embassy results in a peace disadvantageous to the Athenians, with the Athenians forced to accept the occupation of Athens' port, [Piraeus](/source/Piraeus), by the Macedonians. - Demosthenes flees from the Macedonians who demand his surrender. Upon being arrested, he takes poison and dies. - Hypereides flees to [Aegina](/source/Aegina) only to be captured by the Macedonians at the temple of Poseidon and put to death. - The [League of Corinth](/source/League_of_Corinth) is dissolved.[1] #### Egypt - By custom, kings in [Macedonia](/source/Macedon) assert their right to the throne by burying their predecessor. To pre-empt [Perdiccas](/source/Perdiccas), the imperial regent, [Ptolemy](/source/Ptolemy_I_Soter) has [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great)'s body brought to [Memphis, Egypt](/source/Memphis,_Egypt) and buried there in a gold [sarcophagus](/source/Sarcophagus). Ptolemy then marries Alexander's mistress, [Thaïs](/source/Tha%C3%AFs) and commences to reign as king of [Egypt](/source/Ancient_Egypt) and the adjacent [Libyan](/source/Libya) and [Arabian](/source/Arabia) regions. - Ptolemy, taking advantage of internal disturbances, acquires the African Hellenic towns of [Cyrenaica](/source/Cyrenaica) without the authority of Perdiccas. - Ptolemy executes his deputy, [Cleomenes of Naucratis](/source/Cleomenes_of_Naucratis), on the suspicion that Cleomenes favours Perdiccas. This action removes the chief check on his authority, and allows Ptolemy to obtain the sizable funds that Cleomenes has accumulated. #### India - [Chandragupta Maurya](/source/Chandragupta_Maurya) captures Magadha: Chandragupta, with the help of [Chanakya](/source/Chanakya) (Kautilya), who is also known as the Indian Machiavelli, destroys the Nanda rulers of [Magadha](/source/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)) and establishes the [Maurya Empire](/source/Maurya_Empire). It is said that Chanakya met Chandragupta in the Vindhya forest, after being insulted by the Nanda king. ## Deaths - [October 12](/source/October_12) – [Demosthenes](/source/Demosthenes), [Athenian](/source/Athens) statesman, recognized as the greatest of ancient Greek orators (b. [384 BC](/source/384_BC)) - [Ariarathes I of Cappadocia](/source/Ariarathes_I_of_Cappadocia), [Achaemenid](/source/Achaemenid_Empire) satrap, founder of the [Iranian](/source/Iranian_peoples) [Ariarathid dynasty](/source/Ariarathid_dynasty) - [Aristotle](/source/Aristotle), [Greek](/source/Hellenic_civilization) [philosopher](/source/Philosopher) and scientist (b. [384 BC](/source/384_BC))[2] - [Cleomenes of Naucratis](/source/Cleomenes_of_Naucratis), Greek deputy to the [Macedonian](/source/Macedon) ruler of [Egypt](/source/Ancient_Egypt), [Ptolemy](/source/Ptolemy_I_Soter) - [Hypereides](/source/Hypereides), Athenian orator (b. [390 BC](/source/390_BC)) - [Leonnatus](/source/Leonnatus), [Macedonian](/source/Macedon) officer under [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great) and one of the [diadochi](/source/Diadochi) (b. [356 BC](/source/356_BC)) ## References 1. Pomeroy, Sarah B. et al. (1999). [*Ancient Greece: a political, social, and cultural history*](https://archive.org/details/ancientgreecepol00sara/page/434). Oxford University Press. p. [434](https://archive.org/details/ancientgreecepol00sara/page/434). ISBN 0-19-509742-4. 1. Amadio, Anselm H. & Kenney, Anthony J.P. (January 5, 2024). ["Aristotle"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [322 BC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/322_BC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/322_BC?action=history)). 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